KIN 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intervertebral Foramina, Cervical Vertebrae, Vertebral Vein
24 Sep 2018
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When a superior and inferior vertebral notch are connected. Superior view make up protective ring for the spinal cord. Articular process (4) facet joints restrict movement (highline cartilage blue in picture) Lateral view 2 stacked on top of each other. Notch superior vertebral notch, when stacked they create the intervertebral foramen. Where our nerves exit our spinal cord. Small and wider from side to side than anterioposterioly, superior surface is concave between adjacent (uncinate) processes; inferior surface is convex. Foramina transversaria small or absent in c7, openings allow for vertebral arteries and accompanying venous and sympathetic plexuses pass through foramina (except c7, which transmits only small accessory vertebral veins) anterior and posterior tubercles. Superior facets directed superoposteriorly, inferior facets directed inferio- anterioraly. C3-c5 are short and bifid (split into 2 parts), process of c6 is long but that of c7 is longer (c7 is called vertebra prominens) C1 highest, sits on the base of the skull.
